Chana MantelThe small Swedish island of Lidingo became a haven for the homeless, shattered girls saved from the ravages of the Holocaust. There they received the warmth, love, and Jewish...

Meyer Birnhaum with Yonason Rosenblum   A Soldier's Story: Growing up Jewish in America, Liberating the DP Camps, and a New Home in Jerusalem   First published January 1, 1984

Mark Zborowski and Elizabeth HerzogOver many hundreds of years the Shtetl, the small-town Jewish community of Eastern Europe, developed a way of life uniquely its own, bearing witness to the...

James M Glass In this path-breaking work of intellectual and cultural history, James M. Glass provides a provocative new answer to the questions about the Holocaust that bedevil us to...

Ruth ZeidmanA personal account of the Holocaust

Martha Hall Kelly For three women living through World War II, the threat of war poses very separate issues - that is, until their lives become intertwined in the most...

Patricia Reilly GiffAuthor Patricia Reilly Giff's Newbery Honor-winning Lily's Crossing is now available for the first time in paperback!Every summer Lily and her father go to her family's house in...

Ehud DiskinA Thrilling Tale of Love, Loss, and RevengeSet primarily in post-WWII Israel, Lone Wolf in Jerusalem is a suspenseful, action-packed novel that is a worthy contribution to Jewish historical...

Rick StroudLonely Courage: The true story of the SOE heroines who fought to free Nazi-occupied FranceThe French Resistance began almost as soon as France surrendered to Adolf Hitler’s troops. At...

Ayelet Waldman A spellbinding new novel of contraband masterpieces, tragic love, and the unexpected legacies of forgotten crimes, Ayelet Waldman’s Love and Treasure weaves a tale around the fascinating, true...

Eileen AlexanderOn July 17th 1939, Eileen Alexander, a bright young woman recently graduated from Girton College, Cambridge, begins a brilliant correspondence with fellow Cambridge student Gershon Ellenbogen that lasts five...

Harold FaberAt the beginning of World War II the German Air Force was considered the finest in the world. But was it? The Treaty of Versailles had condemned the German...